Audubon County journal., October 29, 1914, Image 1

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BETHIVE
More amid more every year are the
voters of Audubon County determin
ed to cast a®iide part'i-ianiship, and
support the man of thiedir choice, ir
jpespective of party affiliation© In
county politics.
There ie not one on dtaar of the
party tickets better known to our
people than Mr. Otto Wdtthauer.
He was born in/ Woodtw.ard Pernm
aylvaoiaOct. 11, 1857 of German de
scent and when eight years of age
came with his parents to Guthrie
County Iowa. Wheta nineteen yeans
of age be had acquired a good edu
cation and for tibe next four yietajis
taught Kin thie district schools.
in 1880 lie entered the employ of
late Capt. Stuart at Guthrie Cen
ter amd, for sarnie time was manager
of bis graim amd lumber business
at Monteith and later
whs
transferr­
ed to Exiiira iin the same busiunea:®.
Four years later he was elected
County Recorder but defeated by a
small- majority for bla second terim
•He again embarked -in business in
Exira which he followed for many
years. For tbe last four year® he
has been Audubon county's mast ef
Qoiemit .and: popular Auditor amd the
records in fells office are a masteir
piiece off hds handiwork.
Mir. Wttthaiuer is still a ra-Hdient
of Ex lira and a candidate for reprer
eentaMve asnd it would be faiir to
the south part of Audubon County
to comsddelr and. elect hdim to the
office, to which he aspires.
Hia rfipie experience, gadned ia£ a
buslines* m&m, a farmer, and luteo* a
county autiter, has well fitted him
to Legislate intelligently omi amy quep
tiom' that may ooime before liian.
Aa your representative you wlU
"•y» pflfeaised wtlth his work.
HANS MADSEK FOR
Hiaine MadKien, Presidient of Lanicl
miamds Na'ionial Ba. ik, Kimballtcn,
and candidate for Represantative of
Audubcin County on the ProgpesiSive
ticket, JoMcits your vote on the 3rd.
diaiy of November, 1914.
What is right «Is right, and
wibfiit lis r/ght i:i entitled to sup
port of the st-.orig and the right rer
garddess of former figbt.
•'TThe Progressive Party, aa we all
Tcnow, are Progressive Republioans,
who refused to be "boEsed'' any
longer by bad i'nte'.'ietits, aud they
Jiave
a
fi'ne record.
The Painiama Carnal, Railroad and
'Trust -Regulations and the Develop
ment of Alaska are all results of
their strenuous efforts. When Presi
dent Roosevelt turned the Search
light on Alaska our own district re
jireaenitaitive tried to tell the pnesi
•danit that tlie action was. overrul
ed. And it was, as a matter of fact,
ovarru led by the Cliicago Conven
tion cau&'.irg those who would not
•eu'bmit
ato
such ruling to walk out.
Be that step wise or unwise it was
doro as the only mejir.is lelt to ob—
taftn justly.
I be'.Oeve i.n stayiing'with till®
xnen w.bo whait r!©lnt and justice to
prievaill under any and ail! circum
.-^taT'ces.
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I beV.eve In the party whose plat
form is the most human of any
•ever made^
(Continued on Page 8)
FERN ANDERSON FOR
Mr. Anderson one of the candi
dates on republican ticket for super
visor whoso term if e'cc'.ed' '11 com
mience in Jaauany, is well! and most
favorably r.io.w to miaaiy im tilie
county.
Sievenal years ago he was Sheriff
of tbe county and pie.ifio..med the diu
ties of the office in such a way that
it .was a crediit to the party which
he represented.
For some tiime pait he lias been
Superintende.nt otf roads up in Cam
eron and it is said that he cam do
more work than amy man in. Audlu
bon Co. with much less money per
mftle.
H© isi more keenly allive to the
interests of the county and petnbaps
knows as m.uoh or more about coun
ty matters than any man not on the
boardi
.. He will if emoted be a pad nabak
ing official perfectly immune to all
diseases kmowa as graft, amd will be
a watch dog of the treasury.
Being a farmer Hnise'.f he ia a
live to the questijons that aire be
img agitated amd nerd ^djustm/ert.
Mr. Ardei.eei is cine of ou.r beet
students of tax theology and stands
for retrenchment in every way possi
ble.
There isno more pC'pute.r man im
Audubon Cou.r.i'y than 1-laa'p Wi'lssm
the nominee cf the republican pa:ty
for Cieik of the District Court. I-BIs
genial mar.isner \\a mainy t.nits put
to the teSt durt'.g bis thd.teien
years as postmaa'er at Audubon but
h.is great reserve never fat led him
and hia was the same gcod, kind,
conisicieriti'ous offi ial at all tii!mes un
der alii conidations, to the pajtro.es of
the office.
An cild so'dil'eir, and a friend to
everybody. Not pcssesi'ed of an ene
mv i'n the world.
Mr. Wd'.sPin was in no sense seek
ing the office but it
Further dilscussion candidates
is to be found on page eight,
Boost For Exira, The. City ZBeaiatifial
National affairs shtauld however,
receive careful attention, notwith
standi nig it is mot a presidential year.
The manner iin which tbe adimii'n
istratdon lias iliamidlled the Mexican
situation deserves commendation.
Tbe tariff (bflil does mot.
Farmers of the Corn Beit were
deprived of all protection ana must
henceforth- meet the competition of
tbe world 'in the markets of our owO
nation. This te really of little con
sequence as far as our meat pro
ducts are concerned, for there to a
world Shortage of beef and pork but
witb corn it is much different. Ar
gentine is a nueinia/ce. It is merely a
matter of whether she can seind us
enough corn to put -down the price
in. the United States, and Ar^ea
tine can do lit. In fiaict slhe lis pre
paring just now to do it, and it
is certaini that her oomipertiition wild
hurt us worse amd worse with each
successive season.
The 'new tariff law seems lame, too
in other respects. The admdintf&tra
tiom states' that the European watr
has caufiedi a Less otf revenue of
one hunidiied millions. To oflfset
thiis, expenditures of. seventy-two
miilliious1 were out off from the Riv
ers and Harborsi BilUli, due ohdefly ItJo
the brdllt'ant fight made toy Senator
Kem.yon. This reaflly ought to have
a dieificit of "only twesnty-eaight mil
lions. Yet it lhas been found neces
sairy to raise an additional hun
dired miilliomi by apeciail taxation,
which means that the shortage w.aa
actually upwards of two hundred
million dol'lare1. This taken wi'th g,ein
erail business dapressdoui ind'.caites
condition, which should be reme
died without fail and as quickly as
po-.s'Me. The election of a reptubli
cain congress is the omly possible
jte'P ait present. .sv
property row being set asilde for
state use jamd "tlie oc®t i® unexpect
,'dly maw.
SOREN MADSEN FOR
El
Scre.n M.aidse.- i» the d-emiocratiic
cand diate for Supervisor in ..the
south part of the cou.ntj.
Mr. Mad sen settled near Exim
mainy yaars ago and by bis ahirewd
buisjness sagacity and very bard toil,
he accumulated a competence.'^.!'(
He retitred from the farm a few
years ago and ia now living a re
tired life amd giving hisi children
tlie education they desire.
He is President of our First Na
tional Bank and is a caret ml official
in that capacity.
If Ot ia his pleasiure to be elect
ed on the third day of November he
will perform his duty to the people
with kindness and consideration. He
will watch tbe great interests
tax papers with the best of care.
A J.
was
brought
to h'i'iii by hiB. parity.
Tie is cciii])c.!eiit, has ptonity of a
bility, lis fu.ll of annbiitioin and i'f he
is favored wvtii a majority Tues
day he will, make one of the finest
Clierk of Courts Audubon county ev
er had. S .X
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EXIRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1914
AUDUBON COUNTY POLITICS AS
VIEWED BY THE INDEPENDENT
AUDUBON COUNTY JOURNAL
Another week will make known County affairs aire still a puzzle,
the fates of those who seek office. However, there is some indication
As election draws near, somewhat that tbe republicans will "come
more interest is being sibown by back" this time, and that the court
the voting population, and it i's not bouse will lope fits character as.' tbe
at all improbable that quite a heaivy citadel of democracy after January
vote wiDl be cast. 1. As everybody concedes, the sweep
Issiues are not altogether clear inig democratic victory oif two yequrs
owing to there having been obscured ago to Audubou County was due
by tbe shadows of .the great war.
VS, K-f \s.
In state affairs, the only issue
i.s eaipii'tol- leixteini.ion, which is too
of
FOIf REPRESENTATIVE
In the early eighties Mr. Edwards
cam© t,o this county from Illinois the
fiiatte of his home by adoption if
not his birth.
He purchased a fine farm i'n
Douglas twp. where he lias •id.nce re
sided.
He entered politics sofm after
hid arrival and became one of the
merely to the fatal/ spildt in the
reipublican rainks. It is reasonably
certain that this spfliit will not be
Tepeaited next Tuesday. The propor
tion of straight tickets wilil be
much higher, this year than two
years ago, at least in Audubon oounr
ty. In! fact it wouldi not be surpmis
toig if elcebion judges found the
•'straJiigilit ticket" to be the pire
vallinig bind this time, save, per
haps, in (the case of one or two caini
dddtajbea.
Is the straight 'tiicket, then', the
proper tbiing to vote this year?
This d& a matter for eadh man to
decidie for himself, of course. Yet
the reasons why it will 'be quite gen
erajllliy done are clear enough. The
democrats are expectamg to do it.
This- must be admitted" without
question- and im seilf defense, re
publicans are deeming, it necessary
to dio -n^) scratching-. Aside from
this, tbe democrats are making, or
havet made the present campaign a
test of Cheir actualJ strength. Thiey
wdlj so. interpret the result, regiairtdr
lesi of how it may be brought about
And regftiblicanis, knowing that the
democrats' worn the last election
not because of their own 6trenig!tih
but because of republican dilviaiioa
and weakness, do not propose to
play injto their hoods at a time
whem tltf^ am maiding a normal'stoat
sure' of their figihtfimg stmngith.
It i& oibvious, then-, that! republi
cans really have two pretty sound
reasons for not scratching their tick
ete and probably most of them
have seen a.nd cons,iderin,g botll-
Wliat the result will, be is uncer
tain. The iindisotiioiis aeem to favOr
the republicans in both county amd
sitate. A democratic vietoiiy now
would be quite a different thing
from, a democratic victory two
years ag.oi If they win, they will
have a perfect right to rejoice ov
er tbe great accession of strength
wiii oh tbe victory would plainly in-
sjmall a nuaitter to become an issue dicate. But it isi still, true that
at alll. However we may feel aJbout^he chances are quOte strongly a
lt now, it is certain that in years gaiast Ithenii
to come, eveiry citizen of Iowa will It iii ^to be hoped that the stay
be truly proud of the magiojficent at-homes will be few iri number this
year. The election, is (important, and
eveiry voter hsould be out wiltihout
fail. 1
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GEO MEKSEN
FOR SUPERVISOR
George L. Jorgensen cf K^mtballr
ton is tbe candidiate for the Progres
sives for County Supeviiiior w.hos?
term if elect will commence Jan
uary 1916. Mr. Jonge P.. ren 1 "ke Mr.
Mocidy, Lincoln, twp. the other eainL
didate on the progressive tiokic-t,
has nevisr before been i'n poldti.
thiey aire both clean, men' a* fair rs
being identified with cliques or
rinigstiBrs ib coiiuie-ineid/.
•Mr. JoirgKinsran. 0 one of our mo
del Danish progressive farmers,
much respected at home, and over
the county wherever he goes.
He will make a good supervisor
i.f the election favor
si h:|ni, and one
ia. wlhose hands the busiimesisi of tlie
coun.ty wi'll be fairly'adjusted.
republican party's mosit respected
cQunse.lio.rs ar.d advisers which cul
minated in hds nomination amd e
lection to t.he office of Represen.ta,
tive of Audubon Coiunty.
H.ij, efforts were not saWsfaitiory
to fclie majority of tlie delegates as
sembled two yeari/ later, and he ddd
mot recedve tbe nomination to
yi'
Ml
j.uc-
cu'"d hiiimKolif.
His defeat did not create a "soa'e
.spot" by the act of this convention
bui. he. lvaij kept faith in the prin
ciples of his party and at the June
primaries was agate nomi'naited to
represent his party in the next leg'c
lature. Mr. Edwards is a rich farmer
a.nd well posted in the wants amd
wishes of his party and the county.
VV'^-.
FOR
E
Richard P. Clark of Exira twp. ia
the candidate on the republican ttiok
et to succeed himself and wfoose
term i'f re elected! begins Jaiuuary
lstt. 1916.
•Mr. Olark has been a memiber of
the Board for two years and has
given his district good satisfaction.
Being one of Audubon County's
mos: progressive farmeu-§_andi one of
her foremoet Wooded stock men. he
is wieia fitted to carefully look aflteir
tie farming interests that come
before the board cf Suppervieors for
tibelr coni-idiesration.'
His large acquaintance makes' of
him a good raprerecitative of dif
ferent nationalities wiho have busd
ness before the board of Supervisory
His methods of dealicg with all
queatdone is marked with bis fair
ness to all.' H!s experience in the
past fits him for more uetefulmess
to hte party.
Being, a large: tax payer himself
he well understands the wants of
lids constituency and carefully
watches their interest®.
Hijs. location Cil'.s exacit'.y tliis end
of Audubon. Gouui'y who by all miaa
is entitled to a representative oh
the board.
ALBERT FES1
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in tine CiOi:- iy 'gh.ties tbore wias a
creameiry csitiaiilisi ed in Audubon by
the Flislh.:r Brc&. but it was not
successful at fii-st.
A few mo later they hiied
Mr. Fest, who knew the business
well, aind his m-ai agcmcait of th.e en
terprise joon won tbe oon-Cid.ence of
•the farmers ard a prosperous busi
ness wiis es'ab'.i died. Lator .with
his brother tl: bu'iK a e.-eanneiry tj
Cameron twp. ind had a.n imiuK.nfie
patrcniaige. Having sold his farm
i'n Cameron, a few years since he re
located east of Audubon whore he is
now residing.
By nature., cultivation, a.r.d educa
tion, lis lb a giec.tlemia.n: well fitted
for the office cf county Treaisu.r.er,
and St'iiiouid the majority of thie vo
ters select him as their choice he
will not betray the trust inipo isd rp
him.
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Further discussion of candidates
is to be found ou page eight.
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$1.00 PER YEAR
^lairry w. Nortbup the candidate
on 'tlhe demofiratic ttioket for Co.unty
Auditor was born) amd raised on a
farm, in Audubon county. Hi® parent
age and redata-ves are residents of
the coupty an'd wi/t/h himself are
very highly respected citteems hds
brotlier Dick havting served our peo
ple in, the office of shenffif far many
yearns.
His traindmg on the farm amd ia
bu&iniess gives bim a very dis
tinct knowledge of tlbe requiirementB
of the office wlhdch he is quite
compertient to conduct.
Endowed with a good education
and ap aptmless to apply it to the
business of the office, make® him
a candidate to be favorably consider
ed at the election. His manage
ment asi secretary of Audiubon Co.
fair this year bnot the association!
$800 above espemsesi. Wp1
FOR TUIIEI
Martiin E. Mortemsein tbe diemiocnsu
tic oandidate for renomdnation for
treasurer orn the democratic tdictoet
needs mo introductdon to the, voters
of the county from the Journal. Hie
has sierved the people for the past
two years to the best of h)is ability.
Faithfully he performed the dutilee
of this great office, amd was ad^waiys
found at the helm, steering bis Ship
away from the breakers of possible
toss to the county.
Ex Senator 11. F. A.nd'ew/- ct Ex'a i?
is th'3 cair d''dtite on tlie r&pub an vtiij
tidkcit far Coiu.'y Attcri.ey. Mr. Am
drews ha been a r^isidert of Ajudu
boo Cou.nty sicce the miiddls fifties
amd is coa-versanit w.'i.h tih.e facts of
all cilianges that ha\e taken place in
the county during hi.s res deince.
•He is an able counselor at law,
and a stkiKful and cons.iieaitious At
torney. His, abiVty and hds locatiion
should be considered, by tlie voteirs
of the county i.n casting their pre
rogative for tins important office.
Shio'uld Mr. Andrew!.-, be elcioted he
will strive to maintain order and *4
deaorum in tlie county at all bimesi.
BOYER
Mr. Boyer the candidate for Slier
iitf on the reipu.blioaai ticket is, com
pai-ativeliy anew man in the poliitici
of the county. For some time he has:
been, in the mercantile business Mid
enjoyed a corn for table trade.
He is a rniun well fitted for the
office of Sheriff mentally and phy
sically. His keen, eye and eiert eairSi
would be .the dread of the evil doerg f*
Should he receive sufficient votes
to elect him his. efforts to please
his constituency would be his one
idea.
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